A media presentation device determines a voice command associated with media content presented by the media presentation device. The media presentation device then listens for and detects utterance of the determined voice command during presentation of the media content, and the media presentation device responds to the detected utterance by performing an action that facilitates user purchase of the good or service associated with the media content segment.

The present disclosure provides user interface methods of and systems for displaying at least one available action overlaid on an image, comprising displaying an image; selecting at least one action and assigning a ranking weight thereto based on at least one of (1) image content, (2) current device location, (3) location at which the image was taken, (4) date of capturing the image; (5) time of capturing the image; and (6) a user preference signature representing prior actions chosen by a user and content preferences learned about the user; and ranking the at least one action based on its assigned ranking weight.

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement an addressable measurement framework are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein perform a common homes analysis of provider data and panel data to determine a coverage footprint associated with the provider data, the provider data including at least one of return path data reported by a plurality of set-top boxes or automatic content recognition data reported by a plurality of smart media devices, and the panel data reported by media device meters. Disclosed example apparatus also weight a portion of the provider data based on the common homes analysis, weight a portion of the panel data based on the common homes analysis, and calculate an addressable advertisement rating based on the weighted portion of the provider data and the weighted portion of the panel data.

Systems and methods for identifying and correlating an advertised object with a plurality of interconnected computing devices embedded in a living environment of the user. For example, a media guidance application implemented at a set-top box with a television may receive a signal from a printer indicating that cartridge ink is low. When the user is watching a television show and an advertisement relating to printer cartridges is being played, the media guidance application may identify that the advertised printer cartridges may be something that the user needs, and may then send a notification to a user of the advertisement. In this way, the media guidance application correlates advertisements from a media asset with a user's actual needs, which may improve the advertisement conversion rate for advertisers.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a processing system including a processor that is operative in a first communication network, a certificate from a communication device that is operative in a second communication network, extracting, by the processing system, an identifier of the communication device from the certificate, authenticating, by the processing system, the communication device in accordance with the identifier, comparing, by the processing system, the identifier with a plurality of identifiers to determine that the communication device is authorized to access data, resulting in an authorization determination, and transmitting, by the processing system, the data to the communication device based on the authorization determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Techniques described herein are directed to integration of platforms for multi-platform content access. In an example, a user may request access to access-restricted content. A payment application on the user device that requested access may communicate with an associated payment service to automatically pay for the access without requiring additional user input, or may request the user to confirm that the payment is desired. This may be performed across content provider platforms and in a way that allows subsequent access to the content regardless of the platform used to request the content.

Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling Internet users to schedule recordings of electronic programming content. One method includes displaying on a web page, over the Internet, a user interface element associated with an advertisement for electronic programming content; wherein selection of the user interface element, by a user of a web browsing device, initiates a recording device of the user, separate from the web browsing device, to schedule a recording of the electronic programming content. Another method for enabling Internet users to request television content includes displaying on a web page, over the Internet, a user interface element associated with an advertisement for television content; wherein a user's selection of the user interface element initiates a request for the advertised television content from a carrier that provides television service to the user.

A media providing server and a method and computer program for providing call waiting content with respect to ARS order calls for a broadcast product provide call waiting content with respect to ARS order calls for the broadcast product and provide order content to enable a product to be ordered according to one of order methods except for an ARS order method.

Purchasable item actions associated with digital media are disclosed. Digital media associated with a digital media provider is presented at a user device. Trigger data associated with the digital media is presented. In response to a command to activate the trigger data, an actionable indication is displayed of at least one purchasable item associated with the digital media. In response to a selection of the actionable indication of the at least one purchasable item associated with the digital media, an action is performed associated with the at least one purchasable item. The action can include adding the at least one purchasable item to a shopping cart or a wish list.

During steaming of media selection to a user device, products are identified within scenes of the selection for selection by a user. A selected product returns a Unique Identification Number (UIN). Retailers offering the selected product are identified and prices offered for the product obtained based on the UIN. A sorted list of the retailers and prices are returned to the user during media selection play on the user device. A selected retailer by the user made during media selection play on the user device initiates a transaction with that retailer for purchase of the product by the user. In an embodiment, audit data for selected products and purchased products are maintained; metrics generated for the audit data, and specific targeted products by user or by media selection are identified for highlighting during media selection playing by the users.